Assize report on manslaughter and assault verdicts in several circuits
In the Home Circuit at Maidstone John Beil 21 is found guilty of manslaughter in a knife death and is transported for life while Edward Thomas 17 is sentenced to ten years for manslaughter. Worcester sees Fellowes Goodwin and Henry Guttridge convicted of assaults and two years hard labour. Exeter case in which Thomas and William Davis are sentenced for deer poaching and an insane defense is discussed. A Sussex style case covers Luscombe versus Foster with damages awarded to the plaintiff, and Durham assizes note the slow start with a publicizing reform themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maidstone
Mosnay
More Sraspine
Baron Gurney
John James Beil
William Mann
Smarden
Edward John Thomas
John Gregg
St. Margaret's
Rochester
Horne
Bodkin
Oxford
Worcester
Mownpay
Baron Parke
John Fellowes
Ellen Conolly
John Goodwin
Henry Guttridge
William Guttridge
Huddleston
Godson
Dudley
Fellowes
Goodwin
Exeter
Monxpay
Justice Maule
Thomas Davis
William Davis
Lord Clifford
Sir Thomas Davis
Her
Justice
Coleridge
LuscouBe
Pretiesoun
Crowder
Butt
Erle
Smith
Dorothy
Kingsbridge
Mr. Crowder
Dorothy Luscombe
Luscombe
Golden Lion Commercial
Earl
Sheriffs’ Court
Trispay
Burchell
Rosser
Joney
Annandale
Messrs
Rosser and Son
Warwickcourt
Edward Jones
Penton-street
Pentonville
Jones
Earl of
Woolwich
Erith
Cobham
Scotland
Messrs. Rosser
Earl of Annandale
William Henry Moss
Earl Annandale
James
Shuter
W. Burchell
Libel Trial Over Cambridge Newspaper Case
The Norwich court heard Fisher v Pryme and Others, a libel action against Pryme Wells and Eaden over an article in the Cambridge Independent Press and Hunts Gazette alleging perjury by banker Fisher of Cambridge. The defendants admitted no liability. Pryme had no pecuniary interest, trusteeship of orphaned proprietors. The jury was withdrawn with a favorable, honourable termination for all parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk Circuit
Cambridge
Fisner
PryMe
Baron Alderson
Cambridge Independent Press
Hunts Gazette
Wells
Bedford Level
Eaden
Alexander Grant
Harris
Fisher
Independent Press
Kelly
Man vows no marriage aim. jury awards £500 damages
He admitted he never intended marriage and had deceived to fulfill a guilty passion. The jury, considering his youth, awarded the plaintiff damages of £500 after an extended deliberation.
Law Propriety Court Case Paxton v Williams Judgment
Sir H Jenner delivered a five hour judgment in Paxton v Williams, ruling for Williams in a forgery case with substantial property at stake. Proctor appeals to the Privy Council as costs and complex evidence influenced the lengthy decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trispar
Paxton
Williams
Old Bailey
Panton
Privy Council
London police court hears implausible tale of two cheeses theft
A deaf old sailor testifies in a case against Giles for stealing two cheeses from a railroad clerk. A strikingly detailed murder confession follows as a young woman Reed appears charged after confessing to involvement in a recent murder. Police recounts with the prisoner who claims limited knowledge while officials pursue further inquiries before Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles
Great Western Railroad
Sailor
Justice-Room
Knocker Wrenching and Assaults at Court
Two men Frederick Taylor and John Ross were jailed after drunkenly attempting to wrench a door knocker. They were fined 40 shillings each and paid. George Woodcock faced assault charges against Mendicity Society officers Baxter and Horsford, forcefully resisted arrest, and was committed for two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Taylor
John Ross
Hampstead Road
Cardigan Street
Taylor
Ross
Rawlinson
Weststreet
Brighton
Mr. Rawlinson
Kylie Acat
George Woodcock
Hardwicke
Baxter
Horsford
Mendicity Society
M‘donald
Mitchell
House of Correction
Man Charged With Arson In Southwark House Fire
William Buswell, a cabinet maker, is brought before Mr. Jeremy charged with wilfully setting fire to a Market Street house in St. George's Southwark. Caroline Owen, his partner and witness, described threats to burn the house before the blaze began as she followed him from the George public house. The fire trapped her children, but she freed them as Cashman and other officers fought the flames and detained Buswell. Witnesses testified to Buswell's volatile temper and prior quarrels, while a lodger, Mary Price, recalled a prior fatal fire in her former home and possible links to the current case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sethlehem
Jeremy
Gabeek Stevenson
Owen
Leas
Remy
Talen
George
Boswell
Barbara Ann Stevenson
Caroline Owen
Cashman
Pliceman
Mary Price
Lam beth Street case of cutting and wounding
Liiza Gosnell, a middle aged woman, was brought before Mr Bingham for final examination on a charge of cutting and wounding Elizabeth Lyons. They lived together at Poplar. a months long dispute ended in a rupture. Gosnell, using an earthen jug, inflicted three serious head wounds on Lyons, who remained in a dangerous condition. Lyons testified seated due to weakness. Gosnell was committed for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlborough Street
Earl of Waldegrace
Duff
Wheatley
Middlesex
Henry
Hobler
Grand Jury
Bevan
Smith
Albemarlestreet
Morgan
Jeweller
Lambeth Street
Liiza Gosnell
Bingham
Elizabeth Lyons
Poplar
Kensington Petty Sessions Marries and Misadventures
In Kensington magistrates court, William Gibbs sought a wedding warrant and accused Anne Stride of jilting him after four years together. The bench granted a summons for her to account for detention of property, noting Gibbs had previously drawn money from a woman described as his Dulcinea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington
William Gings Axp
Mr. Barlow
Zays
Goa
Kilrush Petty Sessions and the unkindest cut of all
In Crag Arabia Petrea a worn-out seaman Andrew M Gang keeper of a barber shop clashed with Vesey a fish jocker who sold passes. The magistrate overheard quarrels over a broken rack and a hair cut gone awry with comic, rough dialogue and a public brawl ending with a threatened payment dispute and a crowd’s laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilrush Petty
Barber-Rosssa
Arabia
Andrew M
Vesey
Lord Fitzgerald
Vesey Fitzgerald
Andrew
Dickins
Tragic fall and murder shock Walworth neighborhood
Five year old Ann Moulds fell from an attic window in Monmouth-street and died at Charing Cross hospital. A shocking incident near Walworth unfolded as Armfield and his wife, long known as heavy drinkers, were found in their closed shop with the wife deceased and Armfield in custody after a coroner's inquest was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Moulds
Monmouth-street
Charing-cross Hospital
Murper
Walworth
Armfield
Walworth-road
Cation
Also Mentioned on This Page
Assize Intelligence
Frinston
Tosham-bridge
Plymouth
Modbury
Mary Ann Dennis
Susan Luscombe
Foster
Francis Foster
Kingsbridge Market
Tam
Grace Hannaforth
Miss Luscombe
Thomas Gill
Modbury Fair
Kingsbridge Fair
Robert Gill
Durham
Tresnay
County of
Justice Coltman
Crown Court
Baron Rolfe
Selectioy
Aycliffe
Darlington
Carlton
Ann Chapman
Mr. Knowles
Robert Wardell
Darlington Market
Walker I
Stourton
Mr. Alexander
LAW
Mansion House
Dlan Reed
Broughton
Spitalfields
Nova Scotia Gardens
Bishop and Williams
Burkers
Power
Whitechapel
Greaves
Eastcheap
Marylebone
Union Hall
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